Poverty at $3.65 a day — all countries

Poverty at $3.65 a day — Dominican Republic

Poverty at $3.65 a day in the Dominican Republic in 2024 — 2%. Ranked 5 in the world out of 25. Since 1986, the indicator has fallen by 13 pp.

2024 2% −1 pp vs 2023
World rank 5of 25
Period maximum 33.6%1989
Period minimum 2%2024

Trend over time

1986–2024 · % of population

Poverty at $3.65 a day — Dominican Republic, 1986–2024010203040198619901994199820022006201020142018202220241986: 15%1989: 33.6%1992: 20.1%1996: 15.1%1997: 14.4%2000: 14.3%2001: 13.7%2002: 15.6%2003: 19%2004: 24.9%2005: 18.6%2006: 15.9%2007: 15.4%2008: 15.9%2009: 14.2%2010: 14.1%2011: 11.7%2012: 12.1%2013: 11.6%2014: 8.8%2015: 7.5%2016: 6.7%2017: 4.2%2018: 3%2019: 2.9%2020: 4.3%2021: 3.7%2022: 3.2%2023: 3%2024: 2%
Change over the period: −13 pp Annual average: -0.34 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic 2%
World 18.9%
Poverty at $3.65 a day — Dominican Republic, by year Dominican Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 2 −1 pp
2023 3 −0.2 pp
2022 3.2 −0.5 pp
2021 3.7 −0.6 pp
2020 4.3 +1.4 pp
2019 2.9 −0.1 pp
2018 3 −1.2 pp
2017 4.2 −2.5 pp
2016 6.7 −0.8 pp
2015 7.5 −1.3 pp
2014 8.8 −2.8 pp
2013 11.6 −0.5 pp
2012 12.1 +0.4 pp
2011 11.7 −2.4 pp
2010 14.1 −0.1 pp
2009 14.2 −1.7 pp
2008 15.9 +0.5 pp
2007 15.4 −0.5 pp
2006 15.9 −2.7 pp
2005 18.6 −6.3 pp
2004 24.9 +5.9 pp
2003 19 +3.4 pp
2002 15.6 +1.9 pp
2001 13.7 −0.6 pp
2000 14.3
1997 14.4 −0.7 pp
1996 15.1
1992 20.1
1989 33.6
1986 15

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $3.65 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity. The World Bank keeps three international lines because one does not work for the whole world: extreme poverty at $2.15 has all but disappeared in middle-income countries, and they need a higher line. This one matches the typical national lines of lower-middle-income countries — that is, it answers how many are poor by the standards of countries like them, not how many are destitute.

Important: Measured from consumption or income in household surveys held once every few years, so the years are discontinuous. The line is set in 2017 PPP dollars, not in current ones.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.